TY  - JOUR
TI  - The 'Triumph' of Capitalism as a Topic in the Theory of Social Selection
AU  - Runciman, W. G
PY  - 1995
LA  - eng
KW  - Demographic Transition Theory
KW  - Modes of Production
KW  - Historical Development
KW  - Regional Differences
KW  - Economic Development
KW  - Market Economy
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Labor Process
AB  - Circumstances responsible for capitalism's emergence as the prevailing mode of production or failure to become the predominant mode of production within various historical societies are investigated. It is contended that the capitalist mode of production is not necessarily affiliated with particular modes of coercion or persuasion; although the theory of social selection recognizes different manifestations of capitalist production in these historical societies, it is stressed that such transitions to capitalism possess commonalties, eg, birth & mortality rates of the laborers & comparative advantages provided by different actors. Aspects of ancient Roman, colonial Southern US, & colonial African society that obstructed or completely prevented the establishment of wage-labor systems, & thus capitalist modes of production, in those historical societies are highlighted; in addition, conditions that facilitated the growth of capitalist production in the colonial Northern US region are highlighted. Despite the overthrow of socialist in the former USSR, it is stressed that Russia's industrial history is resistant to the full implementation of free market wage-labor, thereby challenging the position that post-Soviet Russia will adopt a capitalist mode of production. It is concluded that capitalism does not necessarily have to triumph as the favored mode of production in all societies. J. W. Parker
T2  - New left review: NLR
IS  - 210
SN  - 0028-6060
SP  - 33-47
UR  - https://www.pollux-fid.de/r/sw-f0742cfaa02ab1a5
H1  - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft)
ER  -